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Our thanks to Steve Watson for sharing more great photos. Steve, you sure know a lot about the creatures in our area!

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We are excited to announce the season kickoff for both the Whitewater City Market and the Whitewater Farmers Market! The Whitewater City Market operates Tuesdays from 4 to 7 p.m. at 301 W. Whitewater St. in front of the Historic Train Depot Museum starting May 2nd and ending October 31st.

As the City Market enters its 8th season, shop 25-30 farmers and artisans selling a wide variety of products, including produce, fresh baked goods, popcorn, locally roasted coffee, sweets, local meat and eggs, handcrafted pottery, jewelry, wooden signs, books, and more! A handful of vendors accept WIC and SFMNP.

Grab dinner from food vendors, relax at a picnic table or on a blanket in the grass, and enjoy live music from local musicians, both professional and students. This year’s music is powered by Generac! Kids crafts and activities are always available. In honor of Opening Day, stop by the Whitewater City Market tent to be entered to WIN a basket of goodies!

The Whitewater Farmers Market operates Saturdays from 8 to noon (rain or shine!) starting May 6th and ending October 28th at 301 W. Whitewater St. in the lot next to the Historic Train Depot Museum. The Whitewater Farmers Market enters its 32nd season. Vendors offer local produce, baked goods, homemade pasta, mushrooms, prepared foods, and plants.

Farmers markets continue to be a great place to connect with your local farmers and artisans and offer an opportunity to build memories with friends, family, and community members. Frequent the markets this season to not only enjoy what’s in season, but to support your neighbors’ skills, talents, and hard work.

On Friday, April 21st, a group of members from the Whitewater Alpha Gamma Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma International Society for Key Women Educators met to sort through dozens of crates of used books to put into three Little Libraries in the area.  The local chapter manages: the Depot Museum, Starin Park and Wright’s Trailer park Little Libraries.  Books are collected from donors throughout the year and categorized by age level and put out in the Little Library boxes.  There are books for primary elementary children, middle aged children and high school through adult levels.  Anyone is welcome to take a book and leave a book and they are free to keep any book they really enjoy.  Those three Little Libraries are maintained from May through October.

The Alpha Gamma Chapter has been sponsoring this program for 10 years, with the goal, “If you give a child a book, they might just keep on reading!”

The Chapter is celebrating its 60^th year of service with a Diamond anniversary this year.  The current officers are:  Lori Heidenreich, President; Linda Jentzsch, Vice President; Mary Kenne, Recording Secretary and Dee Simon, Treasurer.

Editor’s note: This article and photo were submitted courtesy of Jeanine Fassl.

City of Whitewater Equal Opportunities Commission – Monday @ 5:00 p.m.
VIRTUAL MEETING AGENDA
Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
https://meet.goto.com/625581461
You can also dial in using your phone.
Access Code: 625-581-461
United States: +1 (646) 749-3122
Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting starts:
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Whitewater School Board/Whitewater Education Association Bargaining Session – Tuesday @ 4:00 p.m.
Whitewater Unified School District Central Office
419 South Elizabeth Street, Whitewater, Wisconsin
PUBLIC NOTICE: Pursuant to §111.70 and §19.82(1), Wis. Stats., you are hereby notified that representatives
of the School Board of the Whitewater Unified School District and the Whitewater Education Association will
meet on May 2, at 4:00 p.m. at the Central Office Board Room, 419 South Elizabeth Street, Whitewater,
Wisconsin, to exchange 2023-24 proposals. The meeting will be open to the public. In addition, the parties may
caucus individually in closed session. Subsequent negotiations will be conducted in closed session unless the
parties agree to open sessions.

City of Whitewater Common Council – Tuesday @ 6:30 p.m.
Agenda includes combining Pedestrian & Bicycle Committee with Parks & Recreation Board, and strategic plan review and adoption. Closed session, to reconvene, includes vacant land offer to purchase, and Lease and option agreement with ClearPath Energy LLC for a solar energy project to be constructed on the City of Whitewater
closed landfill site located at the end of the north terminus of Jefferson Street.
This will be an IN PERSON and a VIRTUAL MEETING. (not in person).
Citizens are welcome (and encouraged) to join us via computer, smart phone, or telephone.
Citizen participation is welcome during topic discussion periods.
You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88580517081?pwd=ZmpzQWptNkV5d3JoRDZBY2gweHNMQ
T09
Passcode: 965531
Or Telephone: 1 312 626 6799 US
Webinar ID: 885 8051 7081

City of Whitewater Landmarks Commission Thursday at 6:00 p.m. Cravath Lake Front Room
312 Whitewater Street
Agenda:https://www.whitewater-wi.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05042023-1692

Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. https://meet.goto.com/910188549
You can also dial in using your phone.
Access Code: 910-188-549
United States: +1 (571) 317-3112

The Irvin L. Young Memorial Library is hosting the traveling exhibit, Wisconsin Remembers: A Face for Every Name. The exhibit features a photo for each of the 1,161 Wisconsinites officially listed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The exhibit also includes additional photos for names that are listed on The Highground Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Neillsville, WI. Wisconsin Remembers is a tribute to lost life and lost potential. 

The exhibit has been provided by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum and was created in collaboration with Wisconsin Public Radio, PBS Wisconsin, and volunteers. From the mid-2000s through 2016 volunteers collected pictures of those who were killed during the Vietnam War from friends and family, students, teachers and others who simply wanted to put a face to the names listed on the Wall in Washington, D.C. Wisconsin was just the fifth state in the nation to find a photo for every resident listed on the Wall. 

The exhibit is available to view in the library at 431 W. Center Street in Whitewater through May 18.  

Editor’s note: The following announcement was received from the City of Whitewater Department of Public Works.

This public service announcement serves as a reminder that blowing or depositing grass clippings into any City street is prohibited. Reasons this is not permitted include: 1) Grass clippings, leaves, and other lawn debris can clog storm drains, resulting in street and private property flooding. 2) Storm drains flow directly to local lakes untreated. Grass clippings add unnecessary nutrients, which help feed harmful algae blooms. 3) Clippings can make the street slippery and hazardous for bicyclists and motorcyclists.

Using a mulching mower puts clippings back into the turf and keeps the nutrients where they belong. Should you choose to use a discharging mower, please be sure to point the blower toward your property (away from the street) to prevent clippings from leaving your lawn. Mowers may also choose to bag clippings, but they may not be disposed of in the garbage totes. City residents are encouraged to compost clippings on their property or take them to the City’s compost site.

When finished mowing, be sure to use a blower, broom, or rake to clean up any grass clippings or debris that have inadvertently made their way into the street, sidewalk, or storm drain.

Per city code Chapter 12.08, “Any person violating any of the provisions of this section [Street Obstructions] shall forfeit and pay a penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollars, together with the costs of prosecution.

Large items will be picked up in the City of Whitewater on Thursdays: May 4, May 11, May 18, and May 25

Editor’s note: If you have furniture or other items that are in good condition, you may wish to consider donating them to The Community Space (TCS) instead of discarding them. TCS is located at 834 E. Milwaukee Street, and donations are gratefully accepted — to be given away for free — at the back door at the following hours: Tuesday 8:30-11:00 a.m., Wednesday 3:30 – 7:00 p.m, and Saturday 8:30 a.m. – noon.

• These additional pickup days are for garbage or recycling items that are too large to fit in the toters.
This does not include yard waste, construction materials, hazardous materials or electronics (including
TVs).
• An Electronics Recycling Event is scheduled for May 20 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., in Lot B (Cravath
Lakefront). Additional information will be forthcoming.
• Place all large items including furniture, carpeting, large metal, large cardboard boxes (emptied and
flattened) and appliances 6′ away from, and not in front of or next to, the toters.
• Items such as automotive batteries, tires (two per home per month), drain oil (in sealed 1-5-gallon
container) should also be 6′ away from the toters.
• Garbage toters, recycling toters and bulk items should not be placed at the collection point
sooner than 4:00 p.m. on the day before the collection day.
• Toters or bulk items should not remain at the curb line after 9:00 a.m. on the day after the scheduled collection time.

For additional pick-up information or removal of TVs, please contact John’s Disposal at 473-4700 for current
disposal rates.

More information can be found on the City’s website under Chapter 8.28 – Refuse and Recyclables:
https://library.municode.com/wi/whitewater/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT8HESA_CH8.28RERECO

More information regarding John’s Disposal can be found at: https://www.whitewater-wi.gov/231/Johns-
Disposal-Service